Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Guess who I bumped into?



I was downtown after church last Sunday with Tony and Iris and her brother Tae Hoon. We had just finished lunch in Chinatown and Tony was on his way to meet a friend of a friend to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade. I believe the parade started at, if not close to, Bloor and St. George. It wound itself down Yonge and across Queen to University Avenue.

After we finished eating we made our way across Dundas, through Grange Park to McCaul and down to Queen. At Queen and University we could see some of the parade going by. So we stopped for a few minutes to let Iris and Tae Hoon take a few pictures. Tony called Max's friend (I forget her name) on the phone and found she was at the Starbucks at Queen and Bay watching the parade from inside with her friend.

It took us longer than it should have to get there. We kept stopping along the way to watch the parade go by. As well, I bumped into my friends and former co-workers Hilda O'Connor and Dave Wilson. They were there with their son, Patrick, on the south side of Queen near City Hall. I think Dave said they attend the parade fairly regularly. It was great seeing them again.

When we finally arrived at the Starbucks we chatted for a few minutes... then the parade was over. We came way too late unfortunately. So we headed out to look for another coffee shop to hang out at. We wanted to go to the Second Cup in the Eaton Centre off Queen, but it was too busy. Tony suggested another Starbucks in the basement of The Bay department store, but it wasn't there any longer.

We ended up at some tables in the PATH underground system. Tony bought a few bottled drinks and we sat for an hour or so and had a nice chat.

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